Hi all,
just tried to download the package TRfem 0.2.8835.8976 using the weblink on the food for rhino website.
It opens the package manager, offers install and uninstall. The download is shown and the restart advice.
But after Rhino restart TRmesh is not shown in the plugin list, also no panel available.
Therefore I used the Plugin Manager but only 2.9 is offered. The installation works like intended.
Now the plugin can be found in the plugin list.
When I start the plugin manager it tells me both plugins are installed, but there is no panel available at all.
So I’m a bit confused
Using Rhino 8.5 ,Grasshopper Panels are present.
Edit: Just found the hint to start the interface using the TRmesh command
Edit2: Afterwards the panel is also available
A plugin can choose whether it wants to be loaded at startup or rather wait until it’s needed, for example by a command (https://developer.rhino3d.com/guides/cpp/loading-plugins-at-startup). TRmesh and TRfem are of the latter type. If a plugin loads only when needed, then Rhino will only scan it for the commands it offers at startup so that it knows what to wait for, and then unload it. But for this to work, it has to be installed, of course.
However, if the plugin manager doesn’t seem to offer a particular version of a plugin, it’s most often because the plugin is not compatible, for instance because of Mac vs Windows, or Rhino 7 vs 8, or Rhino is not updated.
A further thing to note is that the behavior of Food4Rhino can be different on different computers. If Rhino is installed as usual, then the F4R install button will attempt to take the user to Rhino via a custom url scheme, and then open the package manager. Otherwise, it will offer to download the plugin as a file.